Last Updated 04/19/2023 Block 6 In context to this article, Turkey has been aggressively hunting for oil and natural gas resources, as Turkey has had energy problems for the past 10-20 years as they grow as a power under the current government. In addition to this current event, in 2019 Turkey made an aggressive move to make an economic maritime… Read more »
Last Updated 04/13/2023 Block 6 With the release of the classified documents earlier this month from a U.S Air Natl.Guardsman, it was revealed that the U.S intelligence agencies had information that Egypt, a 2 decade long standing U.S ally, was secretly planning to supply weapons to Russia. This article discusses how through diplomatic means, the U.S and Egypt were able… Read more »
Last Updated 04/18/2023 Block 6 Following the coup d’etat that sprung up in Sudan just a few days ago, Sunday the 15th, a cease-fire was supposed to occur, but only a few hours into the cease-fire, shots were fired, and the whole thing fell apart. Humanitarian aid, was suspended and progress made by humanitarian powers was zeroed. This article discusses… Read more »
Last Updated 3/7/2023 Following earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Israel “attacked” in some way Aleppo International Airport rendering humanitarian support delayed as unspecified damage was done to the airport forcing the delay/rerouting of humanitarian aid coming from airplanes. Israeli relations with Syria have never been particularly good, especially as Syria is, in a way, a cousin of Iran. Iran for… Read more »
Last Updated 3/14/2023 Block 6 For the past decade, Iran has been working to become a hegemon in the Middle Eastern region, competing with Turkey, Israel, and Saudi Arabia along with other smaller U.S allies in the area, and has been working on creating a snare around each of the countries listed minus Turkey. Visible in Iranian proxies in Lebanon,… Read more »
Last Updated 3/1/2023 Block 6 For the past few decades, Iran has been working to achieve nuclear material, enriched enough to be used in a nuclear weapon. Now, Iran has only been enriching uranium to 3.67% as of 2019, this grade of uranium is only put to use in nuclear power plants(Iran has a single Nuclear Power plant) and is… Read more »